Escrime--What is it???

The boys have picked their physical activity for the year--Escrime!  I mean, what little boy wouldn't want to don a mask and wield a sword!  The boys have fallen in love with the idea of "Fencing"!

Joshua is on the left in grey sweats, and Jacob on the right in black sweats.

They first tried Escrime when we went to the Sports Jour, on the Sept long weekend.  They had all the gear at the gymnasium  for the kids to give it a try!  We then went on Wednesday to an actual class, to see what it would be like!  Of course, the 3 big boys loved it!  Unfortunately, Noah is too little, but he desperately wanted to try too!

You can just see Nathan in the back, with the grey sweats and black runners

Todd has also found a new hobby:

Drinking beer while walking on a hot afternoon!

And, since we don't have a car here, we ordered some of the heavier groceries online.  They delivered 2 days later, and it worked out great!  

And the boys playing with some of the packaging from the groceries!

Our favourite dejeuner (lunch): deux baguettes et fromage!  Even Jacob has expanded his tastes a bit, and sampled some of the cheeses.  Cheese is very reasonably priced here, so we usually have a large selection on hand.  A wedge of gouda that you would normally get for around $8 at home, is usually around 2 Euros.  A round of Brie, you can get for under 2 Euros.  And it all tastes delicious on a fresh baguette, which range in price from .60 Euros to .90 Euros.  All in all, an affordable lunch!